We all know that the world around us is changing. Even to remain where we are, we need to keep running. Otherwise the world around us moves ahead and leaves us behind for no other fault of ours.
Transformation is therefore the key to professional success or even professional survival.
Naavi himself was once a Banker with relatively high expertise in accounting, tallying of books, customer service etc. Today I have moved through a marketing and advertising role , information security role, Cyber law role and landed up in the Privacy and Data Protection role. The journey has been exciting but changes were the essence of such journey.
With DPDPA 2023 in place, it is time for other professionals to also look at the need for transformation in their career. Whether they are experts in ISO 27001 or GDPR, whether they have certifications such as CISSP or CIPP, it is time to look at new horizons such as DGPSI and C.DPO.DA.
It is the duty of professionals who have made a few steps forward to try and take the others along this path of development irrespective of the competition that it could generate for themselves. Remember that a Cricket team requires both batsmen and bowler and specialist fielders in different positions. Even the batsmen and bowlers themselves are different by themselves. Likewise the Privacy and Data Protection Community requires multiple members to constitute a team. Unlike a cricket team with a limitation that only 11 players can plat at a time, Data Protection Profession can accommodate many more.
It is therefore necessary for organizations like FDPPI to assist professionals who are today in information security area or legal area or in Corporate Governance, to move into the area of Privacy and Data Protection. Some may aspire to be DPOs in companies and some may aspire to be “Data Auditors”.
One such community FDPPI is now addressing is the community of CERT IN accredited auditors. These audit firms are now engaged in different audit programs related to ITA 2000 and also whenever data breaches occur. With DPDPA coming into effect, the role of CERT IN auditors has undergone a change. Now data breaches need to be evaluated both for ITA 2000 and DPDPA 2023. IS audits have to be compliant both to ITA 2000 and to DPDPA 2023. With a penalty of Rs 250 crores plus, companies are keen that their DPDPA Compliance is in place. The buzzword therefore in the industry is “Compliance By Design” and “DPDPA Audit”. There will also be special “Conformity Assessment Certifications” that are required under DPDPA 2023.
FDPPI has therefore taken the first step to bring the CERT IN auditors into the domain of Data Audit and specially structured a Three Day offline program in Bangalore on September 27, 28 and 29 with the association of CERT IN.
This will be a first of its kind program that tries to engage experts in Information Security audit and make them take up a Techno Legal audit of DPDPA conformity.
The registration requests are being received now through email at fdppi4privacy@gmail.com
More information is available in the following brochure.
The program will cover DPDPA 2023, in particular and the data audit measures required . It is both for being DPOs and also for being Data Auditors in coming days. It will cover also essence of GDPR, ITA 2000, as related to Personal Data Protection and even cover CPA 2019 as required. In the audit section it will take off from ISO 27001 but focus on CSF of CERT In. The framework of DGPSI is already covering these aspects including draft BIS standard of Data Governance and Data Protection which also is a part of the coverage.
In summary the course will truly be the first of its kind and those professionals who want to be ahead of others should take up this opportunity without fail.
The 3 day course is priced at Rs 40000/- but CERT In accredited Auditors have a 20% discount and others will have early bird discounts and also other benefits of complimentary membership of FDPPI and other benefits.
Act today if you want to be ahead of others…. Drop an email to fdppi4privacy@gmail.com
Naavi
